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...face of such attacks, Venter remains serenely optimistic. "Imagine the infinitesimally small odds of ending up in such a privileged position," he tells a visitor to his airy, press-clipping-decorated office at Celera's Rockville, Md., headquarters, just a Metro ride away from his NIH rivals, "of making these discoveries and trying to help guide and impact medicine." Sure, he admits, the criticism "gets painful at times," but, he adds, "I wouldn't trade what I'm doing for anything...
...local representatives of the International Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Tall Subway Riders (IBSTSR) acknowledged my lanky, six-foot-five presence from afar as we rumbled on between Metro Center and Van Dorn St. after my second day of work. Seeing as how this train was more packed than usual, and seeing as how I had no chance of getting a seat, there was no place to look but down toward the ends of the car. That was where my eyes met those of the other tall folk, all over six-foot-three by my estimation...
...then there is the pole that runs the length of the train, to the side of your head. It is the bane of your Metro experience. The shorter people have to reach up to hold onto it. You have to strain to avoid knocking yourself out when the train hits a sharp curve...
When there's a seat open, you try to grab it. You feel bad for not being a gentleman, but on the Metro, all genders are equal. This is what those women's rights activists wanted when they burned their bras in the '60s and '70s, right? That's what we tall people tell ourselves, at least...
...think I'm kidding, but I'm not. Although the IBSTSR exists only in unspoken association, tall people are uniting. They have taken to forming clubs, as I read in Tuesday's Washington Post. An article in the metro section ("Metro" section. Coincidence? I think not) said that there are a combined 150 members in the Washington and Baltimore Tall Clubs, and that there are 65 chapters worldwide of Tall Clubs International...